Novathebeardie
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I don't know if this was the correct place to post this, but i've noticed that since i've had Nova, he always seemed to lean to the left. He's always been incredibly clumsy when hunting his bugs, and almost always faceplants the floor when attempting to catch a bug. I've always thought since he'd always been like this, it was just normal for him, even though it worries me a lot. But i feel like he's been doing it more, and more often. I also noticed when feeding him just now that his toes had curled underneath themselves and he just stood on them as they were, like he didn't seem to realise, or care. I've not seen him do this before so it's got me worried. He's also been tilting his head to the left whenever he catches his food. Even if i hand feed him a cricket from his right hand side, his head always tilts left, but only when eating insects. He doesn't do it when eating his greens, and he doesn't do it when he's just sitting around or moving.
So i got Nova at 5 months old, and he's always been this way since i got him. He's about to turn 11 months in december. He lives in a 5 x 2 x 2 ft viv, with plenty of ventilation.
Basking bulb is a 50w halogen house bulb. UVB light is arcadia T5 on his back wall, due to be replaced in December. It's 12 inches from the floor and he has full access to it. He also currently has a CHE running to keep his ambient temps higher.
Cool end is 24-26C. Basking spot is from 37-40C in different areas on the rock. Humidity is at 31% constantly.
Heat bulbs are controlled by Habistat pulse-proportional and dimming thermostats. Basking bulb and UVB are on a timer, and the CHE currently stays on all day and night. And each are monitored using exo terra digital thermometers and hygrometer. The basking spot temps are monitored using a temp gun.
He eats watercress, spring greens, green beans, and occasionally carrot, apple, mango.
Livefood is crickets, and locusts. Sometimes superworms, and i'll give him a wax worm every now and then as a treat. His greens are dusted in calcium. He is fed insects twice a day (tends to eat 15-20 each meal) and the morning meal is dusted with calcium five times a week. He also has herptivite multi-vitamins two times a week dusted on his insects.
I took him to a good reptile vet a month or two after getting him for a general check up and they confirmed he was in good health, his bones weren't soft, he didn't have parasites, and the vet never noticed the leaning since he only does it where it's fairly obvious when he's hunting his bugs. He otherwise seems perfectly healthy, apart from the leaning problem, and i hope there's nothing really wrong with him, but i'm worried that won't be the case.
I can take him back to my vet if needed, but i'm not sure what to ask them to do with him. I know these can be signs of MBD, something neurological, or something else? I can't imagine he'd have MBD unless i've done something terribly wrong without realising it.
Here's a few images. The top one you can see how he leans. The next two how how he faceplants the floor, and his toes are curled under themselves. He probably fell on his face on 4 out of 18 insects this time. And the last one is another of his toes.
Any advice is welcome. Thank you!
So i got Nova at 5 months old, and he's always been this way since i got him. He's about to turn 11 months in december. He lives in a 5 x 2 x 2 ft viv, with plenty of ventilation.
Basking bulb is a 50w halogen house bulb. UVB light is arcadia T5 on his back wall, due to be replaced in December. It's 12 inches from the floor and he has full access to it. He also currently has a CHE running to keep his ambient temps higher.
Cool end is 24-26C. Basking spot is from 37-40C in different areas on the rock. Humidity is at 31% constantly.
Heat bulbs are controlled by Habistat pulse-proportional and dimming thermostats. Basking bulb and UVB are on a timer, and the CHE currently stays on all day and night. And each are monitored using exo terra digital thermometers and hygrometer. The basking spot temps are monitored using a temp gun.
He eats watercress, spring greens, green beans, and occasionally carrot, apple, mango.
Livefood is crickets, and locusts. Sometimes superworms, and i'll give him a wax worm every now and then as a treat. His greens are dusted in calcium. He is fed insects twice a day (tends to eat 15-20 each meal) and the morning meal is dusted with calcium five times a week. He also has herptivite multi-vitamins two times a week dusted on his insects.
I took him to a good reptile vet a month or two after getting him for a general check up and they confirmed he was in good health, his bones weren't soft, he didn't have parasites, and the vet never noticed the leaning since he only does it where it's fairly obvious when he's hunting his bugs. He otherwise seems perfectly healthy, apart from the leaning problem, and i hope there's nothing really wrong with him, but i'm worried that won't be the case.
I can take him back to my vet if needed, but i'm not sure what to ask them to do with him. I know these can be signs of MBD, something neurological, or something else? I can't imagine he'd have MBD unless i've done something terribly wrong without realising it.
Here's a few images. The top one you can see how he leans. The next two how how he faceplants the floor, and his toes are curled under themselves. He probably fell on his face on 4 out of 18 insects this time. And the last one is another of his toes.
Any advice is welcome. Thank you!
He's doing really well. After it was suggested that it might be his eyesight, i kept a close eye on him and noticed he can see perfectly fine, so i had been checking around his ear, and looking up inner ear problems in beardies. 
